Researchers and a farmer/seed company owner discuss everything from what to grow to why farmers grow cover crops in the first place.

May is not too late to plant potatoes. Maincrop types of potatoes can be put in the ground in early May and will still have ...

DSE and the University of Arkansas published a study in the Journal of Data Science, Statistics, and Visualization and an ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

Art Gudas of Kewanna has been using cover crops to improve the soil of his fields since about 2011. He is shown with cover ...

Results from a new survey reveal that between 25% and 50% of corn and soybean growers adopt the use of cover crops when their ...

There’s good biology underneath.” The Alvesheres believe in crop diversity, so they have “tweaked” their cover crop mix over the years. They try to seed as much warm season grasses and broadleaves to ...

Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help improve the yields of selected vegetables. Lettuce and corn require a lot of nitrogen ...

The Trump administration canceled a $3.1 billion grant program for climate-friendly crops, the Agriculture Department announced Monday. In a press release, the department said that it was ...

To continue using this site and its features, you will need to use a newer browser. The Midwest Cover Crops Council’s cover crop decision tool was recently updated for Iowa. This winter a group of ...

Avoiding common tank mix antagonism issues will be critical if attempting ... Paraquat-based burndown programs can be used as an alternative for termination of winter cereal cover crops but may be ...

Already interested in utilizing cover crops in his fields, Turnis became a participant of the first year of Dubuque County Watersheds’ Drone Cover Crop Program in 2024. “The program was zero cost to ...